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Bob ‘Noz’ King, G3ASE, 5th April 2020

| April 20, 2020
Bob ‘Noz’ King, G3ASE, 5th April 2020

It is with great sadness that we learned that Bob ‘Noz’ King, G3ASE, became a Silent Key on Sunday the 5th of April, 2020. In 1941 Bob was recruited as a Voluntary Interceptor at the age of 16, followed by four and half years in the Radio Security Service stationed at Box 25, Arkley View, […]

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Walter Blanchard, G3JKV, 7th March 2020

| April 16, 2020
Walter Blanchard, G3JKV, 7th March 2020

Walter Blanchard, G3JKV, became a silent key on 7 March 2020. Walter was a true Old Timer, whose professional and hobby involvement with radio extended over many decades – indeed, a whole working life, and then on into retirement. Walter was an RAF navigator from 1948 to 1957, mainly on transport aircraft in the UK, but also […]

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Marc Litchman, G0TOC, 29 March 2020

| April 16, 2020
Marc Litchman, G0TOC, 29 March 2020

Marc Litchman, G0TOC passed away on the evening of Sunday 29 March 2020. Marc had been in poor health for several months and didn’t recover from a major operation after a lengthy period in Intensive Care at St Bart’s Hospital, London. Joining Loughton & Epping Forest Amateur Radio Society (LEFARS) in 1995, Marc had many […]

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Keith Bache, 2E0CUZ, 4th March 2020

| March 16, 2020
Keith Bache, 2E0CUZ, 4th March 2020

My 80 year old father Keith Bache, 2E0CUZ became SK on 04/03/2020 after a sudden but comprehensive coronary heart attack. He loved electronics and amateur radio in particular. John Bache, G7JMZ

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Stuart Boast, G3WDL, 8 January 2020

| February 24, 2020

Stuart Boast, G3WDL was born on 22 June 1945 and became a SK on 8 January 2020. Stuart was born in Doncaster and lived in the neighbourhood all his life. On leaving school he worked at the steel works in Scunthorpe but had ambitions of becoming a ships radio officer. This took him to the […]

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Charles Frank Beech, VK7BC, 14 November 2019

| January 4, 2020
Charles Frank Beech, VK7BC, 14 November 2019

Charles Frank Beech, known as Frank, was born on August 6th 1933. He grew up in England and attended radio school around the age of 16 where his love of radios began. From there he became a merchant marine radio officer for over 10 years, traveling the world on various ships. During that time he […]

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